concept in order to measure the circumference of the earth at two different locations: the city of Syene‚ Egypt‚ and the city of Alexandria‚ Egypt.
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The paper presents the geotechnical‚ geophysical investigations and the numerical static and seismic analysis of selected underground monuments in Alexandria‚ Egypt i.e. the underground tombs in Mustafa Kamil Necropolis. The analysis of the static stability and the behavior of complex monuments of this kind under seismic loading‚ are the key factors for the efficient restoration and retrofitting of these underground monumental structures. In the present paper‚ we present in a first phase a comprehensible
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born in AD 376. He was the nephew of Pope Theophilus‚ the 23rd Pope of Alexandria. He spent five years as a monk and learned the spiritual depth of the monastic fathers‚ in Nitria‚ in the western desert of Egypt. He was summoned to Alexandria by his uncle who ordained him a priest. Later‚ he became known as a great preacher. When Pope Theophilus departed‚ Cyril was chosen to lead the Church and became the 24th Pope of Alexandria in AD 412‚ at the age of 36. He began to speak against Novatian‚ who established
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known as Euclid of Alexandria‚ was a Greek mathematician who flourished in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ almost certainly during the reign of Ptolemy 1 between 323 and 283 BC. Neither the year nor the place of his birth has been established‚ and the circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Little is known about Euclid other than his writings‚ the little information known about Euclid comes from commentaries by Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria. Euclid attended the great library of Alexandria and may have studied
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obstacles and struggles he faced as a black child growing up in apartheid South Africa. For example in part one of Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography called “The Road to Alexandria” Mathabane witness the police raids when he is looking out his window and also experiences the police raids by getting beaten by them in his house. In “The Road to Alexandria” Mathabane and his mother both endure physical/emotional domestic abuse from the father/husband‚ who is the one who is in charge. Both of these represent violence
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provide high standards of service and operational reliability and offers value for money and competitive fares to customers from across the country. As a leading low cost carrier for the region‚ the company is also committed to serving new routes from Alexandria and opening up the local tourism sector to new source markets‚ both for inbound and outbound travel. As a result‚ the vision of the company is to help diversify the country’s tourism industry by reaching out to new markets. This is increasingly
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Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia of Alexandria Savannah Brawley Algebra I-Honors 9/1/2012 Savannah Brawley Algebra I-Honors 9/1/2012 Table of Contents Life History Mathematical Discoveries Contributions to Mathematics‚ Science‚ and Society Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia is a famous scholar from ancient Egypt. To this day‚ she is still the only famous mathematician from ancient times. She wrote many books on mathematical and philosophical concepts and became a great teacher
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Hunter Kelley Randy Cross ENG 102 31 October 2011 He Should Have been Great Alexandria‚ Alabama is the place I call home. Alexandria high school was a small 4A school about 20 minutes from Gadsden. Sports basically owned the town. I started playing sports when I was six years old with a group of about 15 boys‚ and we played together until my senior year of high school. At Alexandria the coaches wanted the “athletes” to play all three sports: football‚ baseball‚ and basketball because we
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massacre Gareth and his group with blunt force‚ bludgeoning them to the dead with Rick’s machete and with the butts of Michonne‚ Abraham‚ and Sasha’s automatic rifles inside Gabriel’s church. In season five‚ Rick and his group find a new sanctuary‚ Alexandria. A gated community surrounded by steel walls. Deanna‚ a woman who prior to the outbreak used to be a senator currently runs the safe zone. She accepts Rick and his
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tolerant relationship between the two races. Although in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ that taboo was broken by a black woman Calpurnia and a white woman Aunt Alexandra. Cal is a hard working woman who earns every penny she makes. Aunt Alexandria on the other hand is a privileged white woman who feels entitled to the world. They are like night and day‚ but are tolerant of each other for one reason‚ family. They both share a special relationship with the two kids‚ Jem and Scout. They both
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